head to head
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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)vsPGA Tour 2K21
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); PGA Tour 2K21 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)PGA Tour 2K21
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
PGA Tour 2K21 leans harder on execution: Swing-stick timing and tempo decide every shot
Reads0 vs 1
PGA Tour 2K21 leans harder on reads: Opponents play the course, not you - no interaction
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.